Automation fixes VA student benefits claims
VA makes changes to education payments system
Wilson says the new system is up and running just in time to help with a surge of new students coming in this semester.
Last week, this week, and probably next week is where our volume of incoming (students) kind of peaks, and then it will taper off after that. What we’ve seen overall this fiscal year is about a 14-percent increase in the student population across the board – in all of our programs. All totaled, last fall we paid about 157,000 students Chapter 33 benefits. We’ve received about 206,000 enrollment CERTS so far this fall.
The new system still is not completely automated – as has been requested by some members of Congress. Baker says the Department hopes to have a completely streamlined claims system in place by this December.
Meantime, Veterans Affairs has released its caps on tuition and fees for 2010-2011, key numbers in the processing of payments to colleges and universities for students enrolled this fall.
The caps, based on the highest rates for in-state tuition charged by public institutions, set the maximum payment levels for students using the education benefits program.
Air Force Times reports, while the trend generally is upwards in terms of college costs, there are some extreme increases and decreases in the cost-per-credit hour and maximum fees.
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